Listen "Tanni Anthony"
Episode Synopsis
Dr. Tanni Anthony is the Director of the Access, Learning, and Literacy (ALL) Team within the Exceptional Student Services Unit of the Colorado Department of Education. She also serves as the State Consultant on Blindness/Visual Impairment and the Project Co- Director of the Colorado Services for Children and Youth with Combined Vision and Hearing Loss. Tanni received her Ph.D. from the University of Denver in Child and Family Studies. She is a teacher of students with visual impairments and an orientation and mobility specialist. She has worked with very young children with sensory disabilities and their families in Minnesota, Alaska, and Colorado. Tanni presents frequently and writes extensively on the topics specific to pediatric blindness/visual impairment and deaf-blindness. Key topics of interest include early development, emergent literacy, play, sensory assessment, and developmental orientation and mobility.